A miniature eye portrait with a diamond teardrop
'Eye miniatures', where one eye of the sitter
was painted, were all the rage from 1790 to 1810.
Most were tiny and set as brooches
V&A
'Eye miniatures', where one eye of the sitter
was painted, were all the rage from 1790 to 1810.
Most were tiny and set as brooches
V&A
Rose gold oval ring surrounded by a blue enamel
border containing ten small and two large diamonds
enclosed in a border of natural split pearls, ca. 1790
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border containing ten small and two large diamonds
enclosed in a border of natural split pearls, ca. 1790
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6 comments:
Fantastic this brooch! I want to thank you for the wonderful daily finding ,the first things I read on my mail account every morning!
Hi titti garelli! Thank you so much for following me every day - that makes me so glad to read that you enjoy comeing back! THANKS! Have a great day!
Dear Mette,
These miniature eye portraits are now on exhibit at the Birmingham Museum of Art in my hometown of Birmingham, AL. They are all in a collection owned by an ophthalmologist of all things. We hope to see it soon and I will let you know when we do. What a small world! Thinking of you,
Marilyn
Hi Marilyn,
That sounds so interesting...yes, please go see it...and please tell me if it was a good exhibition :O) Oh, I would like to see them live too - I think these brooches are smaller than I imagine them to be. Why don't we make miniatures nowadays - it would be so lovely to carry one of these small portraits/eye-portraits brooches of our beloved ones - human or animal!
nsistagrHej Mette.
Hvem andre end dig kan finde frem til de skønne brocher ,jeg får fra Retronaut ,har dig også som favorit,så har nu fundet tilbage og vil følge dine herlige ting, som du sender ud i verden ,hilsen fra Ivan lige uden for i Glostrup.
Hej Ivan, tak skal du have. Jeg blogger ikke mere, men tak alligevel.
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